Sun
glasses on from the get go. A nice change. It turned out to be the warmest and
sunniest day so far. I saw a 90* sign in Cleveland. Nothing much to see but
traffic, convoys of trucks, and roadworks, certainly the scenery was really
nothing to write home about. Pretty windy through Illinois and Indiana. Oh, and
toll roads. A major difference between the east and west is regarding Interstate
usage. Once you reach the Chicago area, I80 and I90 are basically toll roads to
the east coast. I am always amazed at the difference in the price of gas in
different States. Using premium, it is pricey anyway, but for two consecutive
fills up in two adjacent States, the price per gallon was $4.69 and $3.69. Gas tax will do that.
One
thing for all you Garmin GPS users. I have found this on previous occasions,
but had another instance to-day. I knew my route was basically I80/I90 all the
way to Rochester, but use the GPS from there to Macedon. So out of interest I turned
it on at Rochelle to compare the route. It had me traveling I94 east towards
Detroit, a bit out of the way, but then wanted me to head north on I69 to Flint
with the obvious intention of crossing into Canada at Sarnia, across Ontario,
then back into the USA at probably Niagara. Huh?. It may be shorter mileage
wise, but certainly not regarding time.
So here
in Macedon I will be visiting with friends for a couple of days, a wash and
clean for the bike (it really is filthy,
wet roads and road works will do that), to Americade on Sunday until
Friday, and then into Ontario to visit family and friends. I’ll try and do some
posts from Americade. It should be an interesting experience, looking forward
to it.
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